Court sides with DoorDash in forcing arbitration
A US District Court judge granted DoorDash Inc.’s motion to compel arbitration in an independent contractor misclassification lawsuit, National Law Review reports.
No CWS 3.0 next week
Your next issue of Contingent Workforce Strategies 3.0 will be delivered Nov. 28 due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Benchmarks: MSP Market Occupational Mix
As part of our VMS and MSP landscape report series, we examine the types of workers that are typically sourced through MSPs. Information technology was the most prevalent skill category in 2017, aside from the catch-all “other professional” category.
Swimming ahead: AI chatbot makes waves as ‘shark tank’ competition winner
In Staffing Industry Review, Senior Editor Craig Johnson profiles end-to-end recruitment AI AllyO — self-described as B2B2C — which won SIA’s “Shark Tank”-style competition at last month’s Collaboration in the Gig Economy conference.
NLRB extends comment period for joint-employer status rulemaking
The National Labor Relations Board has extended the comment period regarding its proposed rulemaking concerning the standard for determining joint-employer status by 30 days.
Benchmarks: 2017 US contingent workforce spend
The US economy generated $864 billion in contingent workforce spend in 2017, according to Staffing Industry Analysts research.
Uber dips toes in on-demand staffing
The ride-hailing firm has been developing an on-demand staffing business that would provide temporary workers such as servers to events and corporate functions, The Chicago Tribune reports.
Judge tosses Apple whistleblower’s ‘immigration scheme’ lawsuit
A judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought against Apple and its outsourcing provider alleging the work for which they brought in two H-1B visa workers could have been done by Americans.
Ontario PM vows to scrap equal pay, minimum wage law
Ontario Premier Doug Ford plans to scrap labor reform legislation that raised the province's minimum wage and mandated equal pay for temporary workers.
Joint employment and overtime pay on DOL agenda
The overtime pay threshold and joint employment are on the Labor Department's regulatory agenda this fall.
